Join us on a literary world trip!
Add this book to bookshelf
Grey
Write a new comment Default profile 50px
Grey
Subscribe to read the full book or read the first pages for free!
I want to read the book!
All characters reduced
Sherlock Holmes - A Comedy about Blackmail and Murder - cover

Sherlock Holmes - A Comedy about Blackmail and Murder

Orlando Pearson

Publisher: Delos Digital

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Summary

Giallo - short story (20 pagine) - When blackmail turns deadly, even Sherlock Holmes must dance on the edge of deception—and the truth is the most dangerous game of all. 
 
 
 
In A Comedy about Blackmail and Murder, Dr. Watson recounts one of the most extraordinary cases he and Sherlock Holmes ever witnessed—a tale where justice, vengeance, and farce collide. When the notorious blackmailer Charles Augustus Milverton meets a gruesome end at the hands of a vengeful victim, Holmes and Watson find themselves entangled in a web of secrets. 
Holmes, disguised as a rakish plumber, has charmed Milverton’s housemaid to gather intelligence. But when the blackmailer is shot dead, the detective’s carefully laid plans unravel. With the police closing in and the housemaid desperate to find her vanished "fiancé," Holmes must spin a tale so convincing it risks exposing them all. 
From a daring rooftop escape to a twisted game of misdirection, this darkly comedic story pits Holmes against his own methods—and leaves Watson questioning how far even the noblest lies should go. A masterclass in wit and suspense, this tale proves that in the world of blackmail and murder, the truth is rarely what it seems. 
 
 
 
London businessman, Orlando Pearson is the creator of The Redacted Sherlock Holmes series, which buries forever the idea that Sherlock Holmes might not have been a historical person. 
Do you want to see Sherlock Holmes come to the rescue of Queen Victoria, arrange the borders of post-war Europe, clear Macbeth of murder, unravel King Oedipus’s complexities, or provide advice to the Almighty? Then you will find all this and more in the seven collections of short stories, two novels, and the six plays in the series. 
When not communing with the spirits of 221b, Orlando enjoys sport, music, and browsing price comparison websites. 
He has written Sherlock Holmes stories on all these topics.
Available since: 06/17/2025.
Print length: 20 pages.

Other books that might interest you

  • Serial Killer’s Daughter The: From the bestselling author of THE SERIAL KILLER’S WIFE comes an edge-of-your-seat addictive psychological crime thriller for 2025 (Serial Killer Series) - cover

    Serial Killer’s Daughter The:...

    Alice Hunter

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    ‘OMG THAT ENDING!!!!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review 
Is murder in the blood? 
In a sleepy Devon village, a woman is taken from the streets. Local vet Jenny is horrified. This kind of thing doesn’t happen here. 
But it’s not the first time she’s been so close to a crime scene. The daughter of a prolific serial killer, she’s spent her whole life running from who she really is. 
And the crime is harrowingly similar to those her father committed all those years ago… 
But she’s not her father’s daughter. 
Is she?Readers are LOVING The Serial Killer’s Daughter! 
‘A gripping, fast-paced plot that drew me in and propelled me on a twisty, white-knuckle ride. Utterly compelling with an ending that chilled me to the bone.’ Anne Wyn Clark 
‘A tense, taut thriller…pulls you along with it right to the last page.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
‘I loved this book. Once I picked this novel up, I didn’t put it down.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
‘The twist at the end is so clever that I was left thinking about it for days after.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
‘Such an addictive read!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
‘I was completely hooked, I even took it to the toilet with me!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
‘Intense, gripping, twisty and unpredictable, I loved it.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
‘Totally gripped from the first page to the last, suspicious of everyone and everything. A tense, faced paced thriller that will keep you up at night.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
‘A fast-paced book with a great storyline. I tore through the pages and thoroughly enjoyed it.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
‘The world could’ve ended when I was reading this book and I wouldn’t have noticed.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
‘Brilliant book. So worth the read. Absolutely kept me rapt right to the end. I loved it.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
‘Really pacey and suspenseful – I devoured it!’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
In the best tradition of psychological thrillers, Alice Hunter's The Serial Killer's Daughter takes us to a small, rural town where a horrifying crime echoes the past. This domestic noir will keep you on the edge of your seat, questioning the line between nature and nurture. 
For fans of Freida Mcfadden (The Tenant), Lisa Jewell (None of This is True), Shari Lapena (Someone We Know), Mia Sheridan (The Broken Places), and Lucinda Berry (The Perfect Child). 
HarperCollins 2022
    Show book
  • The Resident Patient - cover

    The Resident Patient

    Arthur Conan Doyle

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    The Adventure of the Resident Patient, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Resident Patient" eighteenth in a list of his nineteen favourite Sherlock Holmes stories....A little digging at police headquarters brings up the rest of the truth. All four of the men were once members of a criminal gang that robbed banks. Blessington's real name was Sutton, and the other three, two of whom played the Russians, were Biddle, Hayward, and Moffat. After robbing the Worthington Bank of £7,000 in 1875, Blessington (or Sutton) had turned informer, and as a result, another gang member, Cartwright, had been hanged for murdering the caretaker, and the other three had each been given 15 years in prison. Blessington's "paranoia" was indeed a very real fear, caused by news of their early release, not by some burglary, as he claimed. The murderers chose hanging as their form of execution to avenge Cartwright...Famous works of the author Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Valley of Fear, His Last Bow, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, Stories of Sherlock Holmes, The Lost World.
    Show book
  • Desire in the Desert - cover

    Desire in the Desert

    Barbara Cartland

    • 1
    • 7
    • 0 
    Dashing Druce Pevel, the Marquis of Peverell, Lord of all he surveys, with women falling at his feet…
 
A pair of money-grabbing, murderous cousins bent on bleeding him dry – or even dead…
 
Shamara, an innocent, yet strangely exotic, Missionary’s daughter, plucked from an orphanage to become the Marquis’s ward…
 
A bewildered Shamara finds herself voyaging aboard his yacht to Senegal – where it’s the Marquis’s turn to be bewildered when they’re kidnapped by a tribal chieftain and held for ransom in his kasbah…
 
At first he is mystified… How is it that this innocent abroad knows the ways of the Africans – even speaks their language. How has she such wisdom beyond her tender years? Then, as he watches over her sleeping in their kasbah prison, Druce is suddenly smitten – and taken aback by the fierceness and passion with which he swears, “I will kill anyone who hurts her!”
    Show book
  • Shadows at War - cover

    Shadows at War

    Kenneth L. Capps

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    Kenneth L. Capps has Turned the Reality of Corruption into a Page-Turning ThrillerIn the background of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the war in Iraq, with a dedicated soldier as their pawn, two powerful men play a high-stakes game. One works on the side of good, but is corrupted when he realizes what he could gain by utilizing his position to his own advantage. The other has been working for years, patiently waiting for his chance to possess his prize.But which of them is the lesser of two evils? The line between them is blurred by a shadow that grows darker with each carefully crafted lie.
    Show book
  • The Adventure of the Dancing Men - cover

    The Adventure of the Dancing Men

    Arthur Conan Doyle

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    The Adventure of the Dancing Men, a Sherlock Holmes story written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle published as The Return of Sherlock Holmes in 1905.Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" third in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories. This is one of only two Sherlock Holmes short stories where Holmes' client dies after seeking his help. The other is "The Five Orange Pips", part of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.Holmes's solution to the riddle of the dancing men rests on reasoning that closely resembles that of Legrand in Poe's "The Gold Bug."The original title was "The Dancing Men," when it was published as a short story in The Strand Magazine in December 1903Famous works of the author Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Valley of Fear, His Last Bow, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, Stories of Sherlock Holmes, The Lost World.
    Show book
  • The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone - Sherlock Holmes - cover

    The Adventure of the Mazarin...

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    "The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone" is one of 12 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in the Strand Magazine October 1921.
Watson arrives at 221B Baker Street where the page boy Billy shows him a wax effigy of Holmes placed near a curtained window in the sitting room. The effigy produces a shadow on the curtain that, when viewed from outside, is the unmistakable profile of Sherlock Holmes. Using this visual trick, Holmes aims to give a perfect target to a would-be murderer with a rifle. Holmes names his murderer as Count Negretto Sylvius, the diamond thief he has been following in disguise. He gives the criminal's address to Watson, then sends the doctor out the back for the police. As the Count arrives, Holmes has Billy invite him inside, then takes him by surprise when he attempts an assault on the effigy. Holmes then offers the Count and his helper, boxer Sam Merton, freedom if they give up the jewel, or jail if not.
    Show book